megalithic
- adjective
- /ˌmɛɡəˈlɪθɪk/
- One example of Britain's embarrassment of archaeological riches is the Rollright Stones, a small megalithic site on private land in Oxfordshire.
- megalithic tombs
- megalithic sites
- megalithic temples
There's, you know, we have a, a megalithic site there as well that we've investigated in the area.
- There's, you know, we have a, a megalithic site there as well that we've investigated in the area.
- But what would last is massive megalithic structures like the Great Pyramid that would that would last.
- So the entire Spanish city of Cusco falls, and then the original megalithic city is underneath.
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Generally, megalithic tombs were wholly or partially covered by an artificially created tumulus.
Academic text (2000) -
Later megalithic temples that follow a similar plan have been found as far away as the Euphrates Valley.
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But not only that, the megalithic blocks, the design they have for these temples should not exist.
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But what would last is massive megalithic structures like the Great Pyramid that would that would last.
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We don't know the details of the culture of the Megalithic builders, but it could have been like this.
Fiction book (1994) -
Renfrew then tried to explain how these megalithic temples came into being.
Academic text (2004) -
Perhaps the most familiar and most mysterious megalithic structure in all the world is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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PHOTOS (COLOR): Avebury, the largest megalithic site in Britain, is surrounded by a deep ditch and massive earthworks.
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Stonehenge, a massive circular megalithic monument on the Salisbury Plain in southern England, is the most famous of all prehistoric structures (Info Please).
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The ancient ruins in the valley are a famous example of megalithic architecture that attracts many visitors.
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Etymology
Megalithic comes from the Greek parts mega- 'large' and lithos 'stone'. So megalithic means 'made of very large stones' and is used for ancient big stone monuments like Stonehenge.